Can historic landmarks like the Eiffel Tower ever be truly green?
One of the greatest joys of Europe’s older cities is the history and beauty of buildings, standing for hundreds of years as a testament to construction. In my role, I pick up on the varying styles of buildings, and the touches of detail which point to a time in history. But what I also notice is how they were built for the climates they were intended for, and how resilient they might be to the reality of a changing climate. I am asked more frequently than ever, as climate change rhetoric becomes mainstream, what role our historic buildings have in our fight to tackle it. There is a lot that go...